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Electronic Arts is bullish on Google's Android mobile operating system and will position its mobile business with the OS in mind in the future, according to Eric Brown, the company's chief financial officer. "I think the next big positive way to push better growth in mobile will be the deployment of an App Store equivalent for the Android operating system," he said.

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Sony has started to roll out its new PlayStation 3 Move add-on, a device that enables players to use motions and gestures to control game action. Sony's introduction, which was three days ahead of schedule, came out less than two months from when Microsoft is scheduled to offer its motion-control accessory, the Kinect system for Xbox 360.

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